42 CFR §418.28
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- (a)An individual or representative may revoke the individual's election of hospice care at any time during an election period.
- (b)To revoke the election of hospice care, the individual or representative must file a statement with the hospice that includes the following information:
- (1)A signed statement that the individual or representative revokes the individual's election for Medicare coverage of hospice care for the remainder of that election period.
- (2)The date that the revocation is to be effective. (An individual or representative may not designate an effective date earlier than the date that the revocation is made).
- (c)An individual, upon revocation of the election of Medicare coverage of hospice care for a particular election period—
- (d)When the hospice election is ended due to revocation, the hospice must file a notice of termination/revocation of election with its Medicare contractor within 5 calendar days after the effective date of the revocation, unless it has already filed a final claim for that beneficiary.